Efficacy of hot water treatment to reduce the incidence of Fusarium circinatum on Pinus radiata seeds

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-635

  Agusti Brisach C ^a   Perez Sierra A ^a   Armengol, J ^a   Garcia Jimenez J ^a   Berbegal, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; SEEDLING; WATER TREATMENT;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA CIRCINATA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84868569767     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps074     Document Type: Article

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